Shinus73

I won 4 South Africa 50% Crowns for £36 shipped last night.
Seller claimed that my address wasn’t legitimate in the automated Royal Mail online payments system. Asked him to take it to a Post Office, cancelled the order. I think he was expecting higher bids.
Very annoying.

Very simply, the overpricing of historic coins and ‘sets’ by the RM in recent times is immoral.
It replicates the worst behaviour of the Sunday Magazine rip off companies, but is worse coming from a trusted organisation with unique and privileged access to the back catalogue of British coins.

All of my £2 silver proofs.

I’m an awful saver. As in zero savings ever! I like things I buy them! 
However…..
I started buying Gold & Silver at the start of December last year. I now have around £7000 saved in Precious Metals at current spot price.
For those of us that struggle to save I can’t think of anything better than Gold to buy.
You get something physical to hold onto, it’s beautiful to look at and very easy to sell if you desperately need the funds!
The very best thing about it though is once you have it, you want more and you don’t want to sell it!
Perfect scenario for me

Honestly friend, nobody in the UK is being given favourable treatment by the RM.
Every link seems to take you a different selection, finding stuff is difficult and the e-mail usually arrives after the thing you want is sold out.
I missed out on the 2-coin set as the RM decided today was the day they needed me to submit personal documents before I could buy anything (despite having an account manager) and then didn't get round to reviewing them.

Sad indeed.  I’m finding that often the dealers are the way to go.  However, being in the U.S., I prefer buying from the RM whenever possible because they deduct the VAT from the cost.

Honestly friend, nobody in the UK is being given favourable treatment by the RM.
Every link seems to take you a different selection, finding stuff is difficult and the e-mail usually arrives after the thing you want is sold out.
I missed out on the 2-coin set as the RM decided today was the day they needed me to submit personal documents before I could buy anything (despite having an account manager) and then didn't get round to reviewing them.

Honestly friend, nobody in the UK is being given favourable treatment by the RM.
Every link seems to take you a different selection, finding stuff is difficult and the e-mail usually arrives after the thing you want is sold out.
I missed out on the 2-coin set as the RM decided today was the day they needed me to submit personal documents before I could buy anything (despite having an account manager) and then didn't get round to reviewing them.

I think this qualifies.

Reached out to my account manager again, still no news or commitment either way as to when/if things will come out. 
Just to clarify the above - my AM replied saying they don't know rather than no anser at all. 

All of my £2 silver proofs.

Hmm, if this is correct I shall be throwing some toys out of the pram
 

I read a comment from another poster either here on SF, or on a Facebook group, that they have delayed the series until 2025 or 2026. Ludicrous either way.
My Account Manager has not responded to my last request for clarity (may have been the volume of complaining). 🙂
 

Gold Oriental Britannia’s for sale. 
 
Lovely coins that you don’t often see up for sale. All coins are in fantastic condition and have been well looked after.
The coins have a limited mintage of 5000 and are a real eye pleaser, if you’re a fan of Britannia coins. 
 
Photos were taken last week (hence date), which is when I planned to put them up for sale, but I didn’t get around to it, as I’ve been a bit busy.  
 
£sold, plus postage. 
BT and UK only. 
Thanks for looking. 
 

 
 
 

Created this topic purely to show off one of my favourites.
A 1/4 oz gold proof Noble in PF70.
Other than this Agincourt Privy issue, I know of no other 1/4 oz gold proof Nobles that were ever struck.
Mine came in a certificate saying number 10 of 600, but I've only ever seen one other of this type for sale.
I've therefore decided that mine was the last minted and there are in fact only ten. 🙂 
 

Very simply, the overpricing of historic coins and ‘sets’ by the RM in recent times is immoral.
It replicates the worst behaviour of the Sunday Magazine rip off companies, but is worse coming from a trusted organisation with unique and privileged access to the back catalogue of British coins.

Very simply, the overpricing of historic coins and ‘sets’ by the RM in recent times is immoral.
It replicates the worst behaviour of the Sunday Magazine rip off companies, but is worse coming from a trusted organisation with unique and privileged access to the back catalogue of British coins.

Fastest Covenant bottle kill?

I loved the idea of the longevity of this series and the discipline it would take to stick with it, as well as the subject matter. Will be properly gutted if it has ended prematurely and the Mint will have lost another Mint Marque customer.

I loved the idea of the longevity of this series and the discipline it would take to stick with it, as well as the subject matter. Will be properly gutted if it has ended prematurely and the Mint will have lost another Mint Marque customer.

If you’re giving it away…hello!

If you’re giving it away…hello!

None of the silver will win, all will be available below RRP in the coming months.
Generally, 5 oz silver has been a consistent loser in recent times, even with tiny mintages.

Well that was surprisingly quick, as the 2020 sales were only published a month ago?
But here they are!
https://www.royalmint.com/discover/uk-coins/mintage-figures/2021-dated-uk-commemorative-coin-sales/

The words used were ‘the continuation of the series is in doubt’.